McCain as POW
Democrats have decided in their infinite wisdom that John McCain should not speak of his 5 1/2 years in captivity as a POW. It's as if they believe they have a right to decide when a man can talk about his own life. But it is his life -- and it is not their right to decide.
Now some of John McCain's fellow POWS are speaking out on his behalf. Here is a video report about one of the men who went through the nightmare of captivity alongside John McCain - literally. Col. Orson Swindle shared a cell with McCain for 18 months. In this interview, he speaks of the toughness of John McCain and why he believes McCain must be elected the next President . . .(Click Read More to see the video - video will begin automatically) read more »
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Here is video of Ernie Brace, a man who served in Vietnam as a Prisoner-of-War, talking about his imprisonment and a "defiant" fellow POW he served with - John McCain.
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Here is video of an interview done by CNN's John King with Sen. John McCain, in which McCain describes his treatement as a Prisoner-of-War in Vietnam. He talks describes the prisons he was kept in, and is asked about what it was like to come to the breaking point physically. But as you watch and listen, you can see something of the kind of person McCain is - stoical, determined and not a quitter.
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Here is video of Sen. John McCain telling the moving story of how he refused early release as a POW because it would not have been right to do so and leave other longer-held POW's in captivity. He told the story to illustrate his commitment to always "put his country first." McCain made the pledge to a Town Hall Meeting crowd of over 2,000 in York, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2008.
Before you watch this video, let me tell you it will be maddening. But it is worth watching for what you can get out of it. It is raw video of Sen. John McCain in Huntington, West Virginia today, August 6, 2008, where he went to a Marshall University Football practice and then spoke to the players after the practice. He spoke about his POW experience, and how courage and sacrifice are vital to the success of any team. The video is not professional, and at times it is as if McCain's words are cut off in mid-sentence. But if you hang in there, you will hear some inspiring words, especially towards the end.
John McCain needs to open up and speak more about his remarkable experience as a POW. It is truly inspiring and Americans will respond to him positively, even as these men did at Marshall.
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What a stark choice we are going to have for President in November: A Democrat in Barack Obama who was comfortable for 20 years with a pastor who hates his own country, and whose first political fundraiser was held in the home of an unrepentant domestic terrorist, or a man who is one of the finest examples of heroism and leadership under fire America has ever seen. John McCain is that man, and now Col. Bud Day - McCain's roommate during part of his imprisonment in Vietnam, is speaking out on the strength, character and heroism of the man who must become the next President of the United States:
Here is the YouTube upload of the story:
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Here is video of Sen. John McCain, in his own words, talking about something he knows a great deal about, having served as a POW in Vietnam for 5 1/2 years. It is the "measure of a nation" - Sacrifice.
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Thirty-Five years ago, John McCain was released from a Vietnam prisoner camp. He was captured and held captive in the "Hanoi Hilton" after he was shot down flying for the Navy in 1967. This video featuring Orson Swindle, McCain's mom, and others, looks back at the time.
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Here is Part 5 of our series, The POW Years: John McCain in His Own Words. John McCain wrote a 17 page spread for U.S. News and World Report soon after his return from captivity in Vietnam. It was printed in U.S. News in May 1973. You can go there and read the entire feature. This is John McCain's account of those terrible years in his own words.
Part 2 - "It Looked to Many as if I Had Been Drugged"
Part 3 - "Communication Was Vital "for Survivial"
Part 4 - They Told Me I'd Never Go Home"
PART 5
Prayer: "I Was Sustained in Times of Trial"
I was finding that prayer helped. It wasn't a question of asking for superhuman strength or for God to strike the North Vietnamese dead. It was asking for moral and physical courage, for guidance and wisdom to do the right thing. I asked for comfort when I was in pain, and sometimes I received relief. I was sustained in many times of trial.
When the pressure was on, you seemed to go one way or the other. Either it was easier for them to break you the next time, or it was harder. In other words, if you are going to make it, you get tougher as time goes by. Part of it is just a transition from our way of life to that way of life. But you get to hate them so bad that it gives you strength.
Now I don't hate them any more—not these particular guys. I hate and detest the leaders. Some guards would just come in and do their job. When they were told to beat you they would come in and do it. Some seemed to get a big bang out of it. A lot of them were homosexual, although never toward us. Some, who were pretty damned sadistic, seemed to get a big thrill out of the beatings. read more »
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Here is video of John McCain talking on Trinity Broadcasting Network about his faith and some of his experiences while a POW in Vietnam. The video was added to YouTube in March 2007, but I'm not sure when the interview actually took place. Very moving and inspirational.
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